Blanchard

Blan·chard
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UK/ˈblæn.tʃɑːd/US/ˈblæn.tʃəɹd/

proper noun

A surname from French; variant form Blanshard.

Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

proper nounBlanchard (countable and uncountable, plural Blanchards)

plural Blanchards

  1. countableuncountableA surname from French; variant form Blanshard.

    That's cross-dressing to you and me and, according to [Ray] Blanchard and the APA, there are two types – fetishism and autogynephilia.

    2012 December 9, Paris Lees, “Transgender people get a status update”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware.
    2. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Bonner County, Idaho.
    3. countableuncountableA minor city in Page County, Iowa.
    4. countableuncountableA town in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
    5. countableuncountableAn unorganized territory in Piscataquis County, Maine.
    6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Rolland Township, Isabella County, Michigan.
    7. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Atchison County, Missouri, next to Blanchard, Iowa, and also known as South Blanchard.
    8. countableuncountableA township in Hancock County, Ohio.
    9. countableuncountableA township and unincorporated community therein, in Hardin County, Ohio.
    10. countableuncountableA township in Putnam County, Ohio.
    11. countableuncountableA city in McClain County and Grady County, Oklahoma.
    12. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community and coal town in West Deer Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
    13. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Liberty Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
    14. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Polk County, Texas.
    15. countableuncountableA town in Lafayette County, Wisconsin.

Origin

  1. FrenchBlanchard
  2. EnglishBlanchard

Borrowed from French Blanchard.

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Cite this entry
APA

Blanchard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blanchard

MLA

“Blanchard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blanchard. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Blanchard,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blanchard.

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